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Latest news and updates on TikTok bans. Efforts have been made in several countries to bar the use of TikTok, the globally popular short video app. Owned by Chinese company ByteDance, the social platform has been accused by foreign critics of posing a national security threat, a claim that TikTok has consistently denied. In June 2020, India banned TikTok and dozens of other Chinese apps after a border conflict with China. In September 2020, the Trump administration announced a ban on TikTok in US app stores. The order has been put on hold after a federal judge granted TikTok’s request for a temporary injunction. In October 2020, Pakistan also temporarily blocked TikTok, citing “immoral/indecent content”.
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US presidential candidates lack consistent attitude towards TikTok as legislation that would ban the app passes the House of Representatives. Amid widening technology gap, US must reflect on why an algorithm developed in China gained prominence within the American market.
The US and China should consider how the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies and investors can be properly protected in the United States without raising unfair security concerns.
Bill will not only ban TikTok, but also may set precedent by not having to prove threat in targeting entity associated with ‘a foreign adversary’.
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TikTok last week failed to submit to the commission a risk assessment for its spin-off app by an April 18 deadline, and now has to do so by Tuesday.
Chinese state media has criticised a new bill passed by the US House of Representatives that would force a divestment of TikTok, while parent company ByteDance and Beijing have remained silent.
The US-based general counsel for TikTok and ByteDance has led years-long talks with the American government meant to stave off national security concerns about the app’s connections to China.
ByteDance, the Beijing-based owner of the popular short-video app, would be forced to sell it within a year if the measure passes the Senate.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson relied heavily on lawmakers from the rival party to overcome a blockade from his conservatives colleagues.
Gauth was the second most-downloaded education app for Apple iOS devices in the US as of Wednesday, behind language-learning platform Duolingo.
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look to keep up with the complex and ever-evolving US-China relationship, with a particular focus on Washington’s moves to ban video-sharing app TikTok.
ByteDance has refuted a news report saying the company’s profits rose 60 per cent to US$40 billion last year.
With European elections approaching in June, mainstream politicians are wary of ceding ground to fringe parties who have successfully exploited its short video format.
Efforts to ban TikTok over security concerns have gained momentum in the US, where officials and state agencies use it to promote their initiatives among young voters.
Beijing-based ByteDance has left the US TikTok team lead its own response in countering legislation that would kick it out of domestic app stores, sources say.
The government is concerned about how the platform owned by Chinese firm ByteDance is complying with Kenya’s data protection and privacy laws and may ban public officials from using it.
‘Constructive’ conversation took place arranged around priorities that American leader ‘holds so seriously’, says national security spokesman.
From Biden’s State of the Union and TikTok to fury over Hong Kong’s security law and anger over a possible TikTok ‘ban’, here are a few highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from March 2024
‘Younger people – seen as key to the outcome of the presidential election – are particularly opposed,’ said a survey analyst.
Products from firms such as Meta and Snap have ‘rewired the way children think, behave and learn’, school boards said. Lawsuit also named TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance.
Readers discuss a US bill that seeks to wrest the popular app from its Chinese parent company, and Hamas’ approach in Gaza.
The Federal Trade Commission has been looking into allegations the popular social media app failed to live up to an agreement aimed at protecting children’s privacy.
One of four House Republicans to buck party leadership on homeland security secretary impeachment, Gallagher announced his departure days after the TikTok passed a House floor vote.
Legislation would block sale of government-issued identifiers, financial account numbers, genetic information and private communications like emails.
The latest effort to restrict the popular video-sharing app faces its next battle in the Senate, where support appears mixed and a vote has not been scheduled.
‘It would be in the financial interest of ByteDance’s investors to effectuate a forced sale,’ said congressman Mike Gallagher.
